Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business executive; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1923; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1938-44; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1940-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1952. Interment at Canarsie Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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